The History Workshop

The History Workshop will be open for February Fun (February 17–21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and April Vacation (April 21–25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.). The space will be closed until May  2025 when we open for our main season.

All ages welcome!

The History Workshop offers a drop-in space where visitors can explore and have fun in a variety of history-themed activity areas. Children and adults alike can learn and play historic games such as Nine Men’s Morris or table-top nine pins, use their imagination to cook and eat a pretend meal in a play hearth kitchen, dress up in 18th century outfits, write on a slate at a desk from a one-room schoolhouse, play with miniatures in a dollhouse, weave on a loom, and more.

The History Workshop also features rotating educational themes and make-and-take crafts inspired by Historic Deerfield’s collections, exhibitions, and aspects of daily life in Deerfield over the centuries. Recent themes have included ceramic surface design, needlework, drawing and making pastels, chasing and repoussé on metal, almanacs and orreries, and tavern games.